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| Event | Where | When | Details | RSVP/Cost |
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| January 2012 | ||||
| Fourth Friday Presents Peter Phillips and Jon Sayers | The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street,
Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BU
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January 27, 8pm
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Hylda Sims & Simon Hacking host
Poetry Cafe Event with poetry and music. Poetry
open mic. music by Dave Ellis and Boo Howard.
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£6 (£5)
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| February 2012 | ||||
Intimacy and Distance: A One-Day writing workshop exploring the relationship between the poet and the reader with Pam Zinnemann-Hope |
Dorchester | Saturday February 4th 10.30-4.00pm |
What are the most effective ways of writing about an intimate, or a public subject through published poems, discussion, exercises and your own work |
£30-00/22 for those on benefit To book |
| Reading by poet Keith Armstrong On The Nail | Foley's bar, Sarsfield Street, Limerick | Tuesday February 7th 8:30 pm |
Poetry readings Refreshments at the bar. |
£5 entry |
Poet Linda Black reads from her latest collection of prose poems, Root (Shearsman Books). |
Friday Night Writers. Swiss Cottage Central Library, 88 Avenue Road, London NW3 3HA Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Line) |
Join us on Friday 10 February Doors open at 6pm for a 6.30 pm start |
Bring a poem or flash fiction for open mic. Audience members can leave submissions to be considered for the event anthology published in June 2012. |
Regular event with Adele Ward FREE ADMISSION |
| Penzance Poetry Society Stanza Reading and discussion with Caroline Carver & Michael Swan | Morrab Library, Penzance, Cornwall | Saturday 11th February 10.15 to 12.30 | Caroline's launch of TIKKI TIKKI MAN. Michael and Caroline reading and discussing their work. Chaired by Ann Alexander. Open mike slots available. | Open Mic – contact Jenny Hamlett (01736 7967220) Jenny Kanow |
| TRASHED ORGAN presents Tim Turnbull alongside North East stalwarts: Kathleen Kenny, Keith Armstrong, Ira Lightman, and Rowan McCabe. | The Bridge
Hotel Castle Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1RQ |
Wednesday 15th February 20:00 to 22:30 |
Plus folk singer/songwriter Simon Stephenson and supreme
jazz from our favourites Fiona’s Jazz Express! |
8pm
start £4/3 (concessions) on the door |
| Reading by Caroline Carver and Moira Andrew | Falmouth Library, The Moor, Falmouth Cornwall | Thursday 16th February, 7:00 pm | Caroline and Moira reading from their new collections. Open mike slots available | £3 (£2) includes a glass of wine and nibbles |
| VG Lee Comedy event | Hastings | details to follow |
Details to follow |
Details to follow |
| A
Celebration of Poetry Translations Alistair Elliot, Christopher Pilling,
Timothy Adès Peter Rafferty, |
St Herbert's Social Centre, High Hill, Keswick, Cumbria | Wednesday29th
February 4-6pm |
French-speaking
ladies and 6th-formers will also read. Donations to Parkinson's research |
Entry Free |
| March 2012 | ||||
| Launch of next edition of Magma includes readings by David Cooke guest readers; Inua Ellams and Greta Stoddart | Troubadour, 265 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 (Earls Court tube station) |
Monday 5 March at 8pm | Early arrival advised, standing room only by 8pm, cellar venue, no wheelchair access. Meals, coffee, etc. | £7, £6 concessions |
| A reading from the Grey Hen Press anthology Get Me Out of Here! by Joy Howard, Angela Kirby, Gerda Mayer, Rosemary McLeish and Ruth Smith | Queens Park Books, 87 Salusbury Rd NW6 | 7 -8.30 | Wine
and nibbles |
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| Sue Guiney reading from Her Life Collected with Sarah Salway and Kiran Millwood Hargrave | The Phoenix Artist Club on Charing Cross Road, London | March 8. 7 pm | Free | |
| Readings by Caroline Carver and Alyson Hallett from their new collections. | Lecture Room, Peter Lanyon Building, Tremough Campus UCF | Friday 9 March 6:30 – 8:30 | Readings followed by reception |
Free event |
| Readings by Karen Mcleod, Paul Burston, VG Lee | Canterbury Library 35 Pound Lane. Canterbury. CT1 2BZ. |
Monday March 12th, 7.30pm | Details to follow | Details to follow |
Joseph Skipsey a Commemoration. The Tynside Pitman Poet: Keith Armstrong, Gary Miller, Whisky Priests and pipe player Chris Ormston, readings from Skipsey ’s poetry |
The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE. In the Library. |
Saturday March 17th from 7 – 9pm | the annual Northern Voices Joseph Skipsey Award will be presented to a deserving local writer. | 0191 232 2201 |
| Reading by Poet Keith Armstrong | The Boulanger barCollegiumsgasse, Tuebingen (Durham's twin city) | Monday March 26th 8:00pm |
Poetry readings from, The Month of the Asparagus accompanied by local accordionist Peter Weiss | Free event, just turn up |
| Doctor Keith Armstrong joins Tuebingen poet Tibor Schneider and others, | Club Voltaire, Haagasse 26b, Tuebingen | Wednesday 28th March 8pm | with Durham folk singer/songwriter Gary Miller in a twinning celebration | 5 euros at door |
| April 2012 | ||||
| Pam Zinnemann-Hope: On Cigarette Papers Poetry book launch | Dorchester Arts Centre School Lane, The Grove, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XR |
Friday April 20th 7.30 for 8pm. | Reading, books for sale, wine and nibbles | Free event, Just turn up 01305 266926 |
| Poet, Keith Armstrong reads from his latest works | Elbow Lane Poetry, Elbow Lane Bar, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland | Thursday
April 26th
8:00pm |
Refreshments at the bar. | £5. |
| May 2012 | ||||
| Caroline Carver reading Tikki Tikki Man | Friday Night Writers. Swiss Cottage Central Library, 88 Avenue Road, London NW3 3HA Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Line) |
Join us on Friday 10 February Doors open at 6pm for a 6.30 pm start |
Bring a poem or flash fiction for open mic. Audience members can leave submissions to be considered for the event anthology published in June 2012. |
Regular event with Adele Ward FREE ADMISSION |
| June 2012 | ||||